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Product Review

Recently, I tried a new mail program, Incredimail XE. It had a very Windows XP type interface, and it has your choice of email notifiers, like a butler walking onto the screen, and in a haughty voice says, "You have mail, sir." Then you click on him and he walks off the screen.

So, In installed it and then imported my messages from Eudora, a program that I have been using since I was on the Macintosh. This is where things started to go wrong.

First, it imported two of every message. Then, it sent about a hundred old outbox emails. I have spent the past three days apologizing for the fact that I have confused just about everybody who I correspond with. They got months old emails (again), a series of them and it just threw everybody in a spin.

While apologizing, one acquaintance sent back that Incredimail has a ton of spyware. Well, that was the last straw for me. I quickly uninstalled the program. Hopefully no damage was done. I ran my anti-spyware programs to clean out any residual effects of the program.

So, my warning to you is closely read the Users Agreement and be careful installing any new program.